Secret SurreyEpisodes Episode guide

Wotton’s Hidden Eden
England’s first Italian garden hides grottoes, kangaroos and secrets carved in stone.
Woking’s Secret Invasion
It was a loud and thunderous landing on Horsell Common – but very few people know where.
Witley's underwater ballroom
The mystery of the folly beneath a lake in Witley.
When Shepperton tricked Hitler
Talented special FX artists helped divert German bombers away from British towns.
When Gladiator blew up Bourne Woods
Roman Centurion Andy returns to the battlefield to reveal a few movie secrets.
When bombs rained down on Surrey
The map that shows how close your house came to being bombed during WW2.
What lies beneath Reigate
Sand mines, a subterranean beer cellar and the oldest road tunnel in the country.
Wakehurst’s underground secret
The radio station that’s been hidden in the woods for more than 80 years.
Waiting beneath Limpsfield Common
The makeshift school classroom that held 50 children.
Trapped in Tatsfield
Surrey’s highest village is also its most isolated when the snow falls.
The world’s first Christmas card
How the festive tradition was born in a Surrey village.
The world’s first Christmas card
How the festive tradition was born in a Surrey village.
The Witch’s Cauldron of Frensham
Inside the village church where a legend still casts a spell over Surrey.
The village that was moved
He didn’t want any neighbours, so he demolished their cottages and closed the main road.
The Surrey folk tune that became a cherished carol
How a simple Surrey melody became one of the world’s most-loved Christmas carols.
The street that stopped time
The two-minute silence in a Surrey street that became a global tradition.
The silent eyes above
The Surrey satellites you’ve never heard of but can’t live without.
The shocking story behind The Lark Ascending
How Dorking's war-weary composer created the nation's favourite piece of classical music.
The secrets of Great Tangley Manor
Armada timbers, a medieval moat, Royal signatures and ghostly whispers from the nursery.
The secret inside Reigate Heath Windmill
It has sails, timber, and a hilltop view – but it hides something very unexpected.
The romantic ruins of Britain’s first monastery
The 12 men who walked from France and built Waverley Abbey.
The Poor Murdered Woman
The Leatherhead mystery that simply won’t die.
The pioneer who created the Harrier Jump Jet
In 1910 Tommy Sopwith taught himself how to fly in a monoplane at Brooklands.
The most excruciating noise
The ear-splitting ordeal of tuning Guildford Cathedral organ
The man with a 60ft-long WW1 trench in his garden
Surrounded by barbed wire, sandbags and mud – this is Andy’s happy place.
The man who tested parachutes
Before soldiers could jump, Charles Agate had to prove they could survive the drop.
The legend of the West Clandon Dragon
How a village became obsessed with a mythical creature.
The hotel where nobody stayed
They kept phone lines open, took booking enquiries and even smiled at the gate.
The hidden space lab deep in the Surrey Hills
Surrey's world-leading space science laboratory creating hardware for missions on Mars.
The Guildford diary that rocked America
How a young man's journal found in a garden shed shocked a nation.

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